106. XIE Chaoping
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1955
Birth place Pingchang County, Sichuan Province
Resident place Urumqi City, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Education University graduate (2004)
Profession writer, former journalist and prosecutor
Date of arrest 2010-08-19 (detained)
Organ of arrest Linwei District Branch of Public Security Bureau of Weinan City, Shannxi Province
Cause of arrest Publishing his book, The Great Migration, about the fate of those displaced by the Sanmenxia Dam built in 1950s, a major source of environmental damage and human suffering.
Charge Suspicion of illegal business
Date of sentence no
Organ of sentence no
Sentence no
Defender Lawyer ZHOU Ze
Place of jail Detention Center of Linwei District, Weinan City, Shannxi Province
Situation in jail OK
Date of release 2010-09-17 (on bail )
Family contact LI Qiong (wife)
Donation to
Case adopted by ICPC
Current Status Investigation
Released on bail on 2010-09-17 pending trial for 1 year due to lack of enough evidences
References http://en.rsf.org/china-journalist-arrested-for-writing-07-09-2010,38299.html
http://english.cri.cn/6909/2010/09/17/189s594990.htm
http://baike.baidu.com/view/4216732.htm (Chinese)
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/qx-09172010100425.html (Chinese)
http://www.zaobao.com/wencui/2010/09/hongkong100904s.shtml (Chinese)